Shai Held
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“R. Abraham Ibn Ezra (1089–1167) takes this to a daunting extreme: One who witnesses oppression and says nothing, he insists, will meet the same fate as the oppressor himself (shorter commentary to Exod. 22:20–22). According to Jewish ethics, then, “in a society where some are oppressed, all are implicated. There are no innocent bystanders.”
― The Heart of Torah, Volume 1: Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion: Genesis and Exodus
― The Heart of Torah, Volume 1: Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion: Genesis and Exodus
“God asks us to honor our fellow human beings just as we honor God, and to welcome them just as we would welcome God. We serve God in the very act of serving the neighbor who stands before us.”
― The Heart of Torah, Volume 1: Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion: Genesis and Exodus
― The Heart of Torah, Volume 1: Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion: Genesis and Exodus
“Tanakh is in part the story of God’s struggle to subdue the forces of chaos,”
― The Heart of Torah, Volume 2: Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion: Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
― The Heart of Torah, Volume 2: Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion: Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy
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